Non-Chemical Addictions

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I do not have a friend or family member that I know of having any non-chemical addictions, but I ran into a lady that voluntarily vented some of her personal business. While I do not know this person at all, she began telling me about her flaws. She expressed to me that she was a very sexual person and that her and her boyfriend enjoyed sodomy. The women expressed that she loved it so much that it happened a few times a day, if not then she would find other alternatives to get that feeling that she wanted. This type of sexual behavior affects her thought process during the day, because when she gets the urges, she mentioned she starts daydreaming or and lose focus of what she was doing. Also, she went as personal to tell me how it has affected …show more content…
I say this because, these drugs were labeled illicit for a reason and why as a country should we allow prohibited, unwanted and toxic substances to invade the environment that we live in. I feel certain drugs causes crimes and as a country and states and cities who are trying every method to decrease on crimes, deaths and other relatable incidents, illicit drugs should be decriminalized. I read an article once when I took intro to substance abuse class. The article talked about a city, I do not remember which city, but their police department put out a statement, that they were doing everything they could to gain control over the new drug known as “Bath salt”, because he was causing multiple crimes, deaths and injuries to civilians. Ultimately, the goal of the police department is to, gain control and make the drug illegal so that they can eventually put an end to it and all crimes following it. Also, drugs get into the hands of young children and as the future of our country, I feel its best that very harmful drugs stay

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